Terrifying Tale: Buffy, a butt-kicking cheerleader, battles demons at her high school in California. As if.
Spooky Saying: "You don't just sneak up on people in a graveyard. You make noise when you walk. You stomp or yodel." -- Buffy
Fiendish Fact: In his pre-vamp days, Spike (pictured) was a Victorian era poet named William.
Terrifying Tale: Terrifying Tale: Four meddling kids and their dog travel the country in a van solving mysteries and unmasking bad guys. Zoinks!
Spooky Saying: "Rut-ro, Shaggy." -- Scooby Doo
Fiendish Fact: CBS executives thought the original presentation was too frightening for children, so the producers toned down the scary aspects.
Terrifying Tale: "The truth is out there" for FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate weird phenomena.
Spooky Saying: "Eat, sleep, and be merry for tomorrow we die." -- Scully
Fiendish Fact: Fox "Spooky" Mulder has seen 'Plan 9 From Outer Space' 42 times. Now that's scary.
Terrifying Tale: The wisecracking Crypt Keeper introduces monsterpieces of terror in this gory and humorous horror anthology.
Spooky Saying: "Welcome ghouls and boils" -- The Crypt Keeper
Fiendish Fact: John Kassir, the voice of the Crypt Keeper, edged out Sinbad to win the comedy prize on 'Star Search.'
Terrifying Tale: Former FBI agent Frank Black, who can look inside the mind of a killer, battles crime for the mysterious Millennium Group.
Spooky Saying: "We must respect evil, and we must make evil respect us." -- The Old Man
Fiendish Fact: In the opening title sequence, Millennium was spelled MillenniuM because the Roman numeral MM means 2000.
Terrifying Tale: Chicago newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak investigates the supernatural.
Spooky Saying: "Captain Leo Winwood and I had a relationship that was long and bloody, like the Crusades, only without the chivalry." -- Carl Kolchak
Fiendish Fact: 'Kolchak: The Night Stalker' premiered on Friday 13 Sept., 1974.
Terrifying Tale: A family of monsters live at 1313 Mockingbird Heights. Herman the Dad was Frankenstein's monster and his wife Lily was a vampire.
Spooky Saying: "Oh, Marilyn -- the circles under your eyes. How lovely you look today." -- Lily Munster
Fiendish Fact: Herman works for Gateman, Goodbury and Graves funeral parlor.
Terrifying Tale: In this science fiction anthology, host Rod Serling takes us on a journey into "a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind."
Spooky Saying: "There's someone on the wing!" -- Bob Wilson in episode 'Nightmare at 20,000 Feet'
Fiendish Fact: 'The Twilight Zone' was cancelled twice in its initial run, but was revived when its replacement show failed.
Terrifying Tale: In these yearly specials, the Simpsons battle aliens, zombies, the devil, a killer doll and Mr. Burns as a vampire.
Spooky Saying: "Hey, Simpson! I'm feeling a might peckish. Mind if I chew your ear?" -- Zombie Ned Flanders
Fiendish Fact: The first live-action sequence on 'The Simpsons' appears in 'Treehouse of Horror VI.'
Terrifying Tale: The Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween and Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin.
Spooky Saying: "I've learned there are three things you don't discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin." -- Linus
Fiendish Fact: Charlie Brown dresses up as a ghost, but cuts too many holes in his costume, so he looks like a potato. Linus originally did this in the newspaper strip.
Terrifying Tale: Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson are plumbers by trade, but their real passion is paranormal research.
Spooky Saying: "When in doubt, get the hell out." -- Jason Hawes
Fiendish Fact: The Ghost Hunters do not charge for their paranormal services.
'Salem's Lot'
Terrifying Tale: Rob Lowe stars as writer Ben Mears in this TV movie based on a Stephen King novel about vampires terrorizing a small town.
Spooky Saying: "Town looks a little dead today." -- Nollie Gardner
Fiendish Fact: One of the dogs in this TV movie is named Cujo, which is a nod to another Stephen King work about a rabid dog.
Terrifying Tale: The potty-mouth tykes have a ghoulish good time in several Halloween episodes.
Spooky Saying: "Today I've got Spooky Spaghetti and Freaky French Fries or Haunted Hash Browns." --Chef
Fiendish Fact: Frank Welker the voice of Fred from 'Scooby-Doo' voices Nibblit in the episode 'Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery.'
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